]3. ACANTUIZA. 295 



vent white ; under tail-coverts pale yellowish ; under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries yellowish white ; quills below ashy brown ; inner 

 edge of quills whitish; " bill dark brown ; feet brown ; iris brownish 

 red " (6rOM?cZ). Total length 3'9 inches, culmen 0-45, wing l-'Jo, 

 tail 1-75, tarsus 0-75. 



Sexes alike {Gould). 



Hah. Victoria and New South Wales, extending along the cast 

 coast as far as the Wide-Bay district. 



a, b, c, d. Ad. sk. Brisbane, Queensland F. D. Godmau and 0. Sal- 



(Cockerell). \-in, Esqrs. [P.]. 



e. Ad. sk. Richmond river. Mr. A. P. Goodwin [C.]. 



/. Ad. sk. Moreton Bay. Gould Collection. 



(/, Ad. st. Australia. J. Gould, Esq. 



4. Acanthiza diemenensis. 



Acanthiza diemenensis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 146; id. Si/n. B. 



Aiistr. part iv. pi. 4. tig. 3 (1838) ; id. B. Austr. folio iii. pi. 54 



(1848) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 189 (1848); Cab. Mus. Ilnn. Th. i. 



p. 34 (1850) ; Beichenb. Vog.Neuholl. p. 80 (1850); Gould, Handh. 



B. Austr. i. p. 365 (1865) ; Graij, Hand-l. B. i. p. 219, no. 3116 



(1869) ; Dif/ifles, Orn. Austr. pi. 45. fig. 5 (1870) ; Ramsay, Proc. 



Lirm. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 185 (1878). 

 Acanthiza ewingii, Goidd, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 32; id. B. Austr. fol. iii. 



pi. 65; Reichenb. Viig. Neuholl. p. 81 (1850). 

 Acanthiza diemensis, Bp. Consp. i. p. 292 (1850). 



Adult. General colour above olive-brown, with concealed pale 

 shaft-streaks to the dorsal feathers ; rump with tufts of dull white- 

 tipped feathers on each side ; lesser wing-coverts like the back ; 

 median and greater coverts dusky brown, externally edged with 

 olive-brown ; bastard-wing feathers dusky brown, with ashy olive 

 margins ; primary-coverts dusky, narrowly edged with olive ; quills 

 brown, externally like the back, the primaries edged with lighter 

 olive ; upper tail-coverts light rufous ; tail-feathers ashy brown, 

 edged externally with light rufous, with a broad subterminal band of 

 black, the tips ashy ; crown of the head like the back, the forehead 

 rufesceut, mottled with dusky edges to the feathers, producing a scaly 

 appearance ; lores dusky, tipped \\ ith whitish ; eyelid dull whitish ; 

 ear-coverts dusky, thickly streaked with duU whitish shaft-lines ; 

 cheeks and throat dull white, mottled with narrow streaks of dusky 

 blackish, with which the feathers are edged ; fore neck, breast, and 

 abdomen yellowish white ; sides of the body and flanks light olive- 

 brown or pale fulvous ; thighs olive-brown ; under tail-coverts 

 whitish with light-brown centres ; under wing-coverts and axil- 

 laries white with a pale wash of yellow ; quills below ashy brown ; 

 inner edge of quills whitish ; " bill dark brown ; feet brown ; iris 

 lake-red" {Gould). Total length 4 inches, culmen 0"5, wing 2*1, 

 tail I'S, tarsus 0-8. 



Sexes alike (Gould). 



Ilah. Tasmania. 



